| Voyages and travels - 1767 - 612 pages
...pit of the ftomach, and the other to the b~c!r oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards ae tied with cords, which are drawn tighter by degrees,...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Although Although I have obferved, that the Tongufians, in general, worfhip the Tun and moon, there... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1768 - 642 pages
...apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it$ the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. . Although I have obferved, that the Tongnfy, in general, worfhip the fun and moon, there are many... | |
| John Bell - Asia - 1788 - 472 pages
...apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Although I have obferved, that the Tongufy, in general, worfhip the fun and moon, there are many exceptions... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1797 - 312 pages
...apply to the pit of die ftomach, an4 the other to the back, oppofite to it. The extra* mities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter by degrees, and thus, by dimifhing the capacity of the ttomachi they prevent their, feeling the cravings of hunger.... | |
| History - 1800 - 594 pages
...apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it ; the extremities of ihefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Although I have obferved, that the Tongufy, in general, worfhip the fun and moon, there are many exceptions... | |
| History - 1800 - 596 pages
...apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofue to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Alihough I have obferved, that the Tongufy", in general, worfhip the fun and moon, there are many exceptions... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 600 pages
...apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Although. I hax-e obferved, that the Tongufy, in general, worftiip the fun and moon, there are many... | |
| John Bell, Lorenz Lange - Asia - 1806 - 710 pages
...apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter...and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Although I have obferved, that the Tongufy, in general, 'worfhip the fun and moon, there are many exceptions... | |
| John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1811 - 862 pages
...of the ftomach, and the other to the back, oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tfed with cords, which 'are drawn tighter by degrees, and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger. Although I have obferved, that the Tongufy, in general, worfhip the fun and moon, there are many exceptions... | |
| Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...hunger in some of their long chases, they take two thin boards, one of which they apply to the pit of the stomach, and the other to the back, opposite to...loins, and which reaches high above the hips. If you enquire why they do so, the reply will invariably be — " Massa, me belly naym me ;" literally, "... | |
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